What is the purpose of inputting an initial guess value in MultiStart?

Why do I need to input an initial guess value, x0, when running MultiStart? It's going to generate k-1 trial points anyways.

Does it impact how the trial points are generated?

Will changing the inputted x0 impact MultiStart results?

Thank you.

Answer 1

[Shubham Khatri]

Hello,

Please take a look at this MATLAB Answer in community

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/560369-why-does-multistart-give-a-output-same-as-the-initial-guess-value

Also, please take a look at this documentation link.

Hope it helps